| Lat / long: | 36.65202, -81.03509 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Secondary: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz |
| Tertiary: | Gypsum-Anhydrite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Gangue: | Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Fluorite, Hornblende, Microcline |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Other material: | Gypsum, Quartz |
| Discovery year: | 1850 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Cranberry Gneiss |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium., Fries Overthrust; Local Shear Zone And/Or Fault |
| Tectonic: | Orogen; On The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets |
| Alteration processes: | Prophlitization Of Wall Rock (Epidote And Chlorite), Saussuritization Of Calcium Plagioclase |
| MRDS | W031258 |
| DEP | 10080167 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1935, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.}{Deposit:: STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |